Inside Kinect

Kinect 2.0 Detailed

Much of the excitement surrounding the new Xbox can be directly attributed to the next-gen Kinect sensor. Building off what the original Kinect started this takes NUI (natural user interaction) to the next level. From natural speech recognition to more accurate facial recognition and more detailed body motion capture. Kinect has been improved so much it's almost unfair to compare with the original incarnation. In this article let's go over what we know.

The New Xbox Revealed

It’s been an exciting couple weeks for Xbox fans. The new console was announced dubbed the “Xbox One” and the next-generation Kinect was debuted and detailed. We’ll give a brief synopsis of the new system as well as more in depth analysis of the new Kinect sensor in a later piece.

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Gameplay Screenshots

After a new trailer last month, Capcom decided to demo Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor at this years Tokyo Game Show. Japan's biggest video game magazine Famitsu have had a chance to see the game in action, bringing us our first shots of gameplay.

Project Draco Revealed - Screens and Gameplay Details

After a gameplay demonstration at this years Tokyo Game Show, we bring you all of the latest screenshots and gameplay details from one of Kinect's most anticipated upcoming releases.

Just What Is Fable: The Journey? - A Closer Preview

We take a deeper look at Lionheads upcoming Kinect Fable title to find out just what the game actually is; Not on rails -- on reigns.

Grasshopper Manufacture Officially Reveal Diabolical Pitch -- Video Demonstration

Having been announced last year as Codename D, Grasshopper Manufacture officially reveal their upcoming Kinect game, Diabolical Pitch. Click for all of the gameplay details as well as a video preview!

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New Xbox Experience Features Bing Search, YouTube, Live TV and New Dashboard Interface

Monday, June 06, 2011

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Xbox Live's Marc Whitten announced at E3 today that the Xbox 360 will once again be getting a new Xbox experience. Using a similar Metro design to Windows Phone 7 and their upcoming Windows 8 operating system, the interface will take advantage of Kinects voice abilities, allowing users to instantly search for a game, movie, song or any other keyword using Bing. "Bing X-Men", for example, gave a list of every X-Men game and movie.

They also announced that they're going to increase their partnerships by a factor of 10, increasing the available catalogue of content from hundreds of thousands to millions. YouTube was one example of a new partner, allowing users to search through video content using voice.

They finally announced that Microsoft will be bringing live TV with the new interface. Xbox is partnering with TV providers around the world, including UFC, with interactivity between friends and other viewers.

The new Xbox experience will launch this Autumn.

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